Italy passes even harsher ban against surrogacy, punishes seeking services abroad
The new law punishes those who travel outside the country to make surrogacy arrangements, even if they travel to places where the services are legal.
October 17, 2024
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The new law punishes those who travel outside the country to make surrogacy arrangements, even if they travel to places where the services are legal.
Family planning services in Alabama have been completely upended by an unprecedented and unscientific state Supreme Court ruling.
The order instead aims to expand political speech by churches and allow denial of family planning services, both of which are likely to negatively affect LGBT people -- and lays the groundwork for potential further discrimination.
A lobbyist discusses the reauthorization process of PEPFAR, the largest commitment by a nation to combat a single disease, and how the new bill has expanded its focus and increased funds by up to $33 billion.
President-elect Barack Obama plans to overhaul the Bush administration's international family planning and AIDS prevention funding policy, which excludes abortion and strictly supports abstinence-only education.
The president is playing a dangerous game by threatening this vital resource, writes Brian Tashman of People for the American Way.
An 82-year-old man is taking action against a funeral home that allegedly said it did not "deal with their kind."
Such a move would be disastrous for low-income women and girls -- and men too, says West Hollywood City Council member Lindsey Horvath.
The DNC has released its full platform for the next four years, which features dozens of policies that would improve the lives of LGBTQ+ people.
Robinson is a veteran political organizer who comes to HRCÂ from the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
But the Human Rights Campaign's Sarah Warbelow pointed out that no one should be forced to give birth in order to provide someone else with a child.
Even though explicit anti-LGBT language was not in the final order, other provisions could enable discrimination, activists say.
The administration likely has another strategy in the works to assure that employers don't discriminate against trans workers, legal experts say.